My Special Olympian Athlete, CJ Piantieri, Squatting w/video, 5 Weeks out from the Special Olympic’s Nationals

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• Showing the benefits of high intensity/low volume training that I’ve followed injury free for over 20 years which has developed into the
  
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I have been competitively powerlifting for over 20 years. Within that time I have competed raw, single ply and multi ply. I hold the highest all time total of 1930 at 148, the third highest total of 2045 at 165 and have broken over 35 world records, over 25 of which I still hold. Through the years in this sport I have learned a great deal from various training methods, met and formed long lasting friends, as well as learned the importance of balancing life, work, and training. Elitefts accepted me as a team member over ten years ago and I am currently the longest standing still competing powerlifter on the site. I appreciate Dave Tate and Elitefts for giving me the opportunity to learn from and teach others through the Q&A and my training log. In 2005 I opened Orlando Barbell – a 24 hour powerlifting friendly gym. As well as running Orlando Barbell I designed and sell the

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M2 Method EBook, designed to be the quintessential Raw Powerlifting training manual for beginners to advanced lifters looking to get stronger and prevent injury while incorporating the powerlifts and

The M2 Equipped Training Ebook, the only ebook designed specifically for equipped lifters. 10 mins treadmill Prehab PVC rolled on: Lower back, shifted to right and left Upper back, shifted to right and left scapula w/hips up Armpits Hamstrings Glutes Adductors As many as of us do, CJ often has issues squatting to depth. The Special Olympics are judged by the same rules as the USAPL and, even though the same squat depth rule applies to all federations (the crease of the hip being below the top of the knee), the USAPL tends to be stricter and there’s no exception with the Special Olympics. What I’ve been doing now is to have CJ follow the squat command on each squat as well as giving him an up call when I believe he’s reached depth. The issues are that; it’s hard to judge depth while spotting and CJ often either stops when he believes he’s at depth or slows down and tries to predict it (as many of us do). Here’s him squatting 185 for 5 without knee wraps (since he has an easier time hitting depth without them). The videos in the following weeks will be with knee wraps as well as with a depth call.

My Special Olympic athlete, CJ Piantieri, squatting 185 for 5 while training to compete in the 66 kg/145 lb class at the Special Olympics Nationals. #orlandobarbell #teamorlandobarbell #obb #teamobb #powerlifting #specialolympics #specialolympicspowerlifting #specialolympicspowerliftingcoach

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